On to Detroit!

On to Detroit! For those of you who've missed it, the US Social Forum is this June 22-26th in Detroit, MI. People in the Northwest are mobilizing in many ways to get there including:

Organizing a Cascadia Freedom Caravan
On June 6th there will be a Northwest to Detroit Face-to-Face meetup in Olympia with the potential of a NW PMA in Detroit. (see opposite page for agenda)
It’s the eComedy, Stupid! - a benefit to help send Portland activists to the US Social Forum in Detroit this June.
And setting up an email list of folx heading to Detroit whether by bus, plane, tra in, or automobile(or bike).

Proposed Agenda for NW Face-to-Face conversation prior to Detroit on June 6th in Olympia

Goals:

Deepen the conversation for those heading to Detroit

Full northwest collaboration is rare - the USSF and the PMAs give us an opportunity

Discuss possibility of NW PMA in Detroit

Questions

What are our shared experiences, struggles, and strategies as folx from the Northwest?
Who is in the room? Who is not in the room?

Agenda 11:00-2:15

11:00 Intro - Organizers from Seattle, Olympia, Portland - 15 min
11:15 15 min each city - what's goin' on in your town, how can we work together - 45 min total

Seattle (and Bellingham?)
Olympia
Portland (and Oregon?)
Other cities?

12:00 Break into groups by sector or interest and get to know each other - 30min

Economic Justice
Environmental Justice
Immigration Justice
Queer Liberation
Labor
Student
Etc, etc, etc.

12:30    Lunch - potluck - 1 hour
1:30    NW PMA Discussion - 30 min
2:00    Next steps - before and after the USSF -15 min

People's Movement Assembly in Portland

On to Detroit!

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